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plasta

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See also: plašta and пласта

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish plasta.

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Noun

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plasta m (plural plastes)

  1. (Castilianism, colloquial) idiot

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From plasto (plastic) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈplasta]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Hyphenation: plas‧ta

Noun

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plasta (accusative singular plastan, plural plastaj, accusative plural plastajn)

  1. plastic (made of plastic)
    • 2007, Tatjana Auderskaja, “Iom pri nuntempa ekologio”, in Kontakto, number 221, →ISSN, page 3:
      Ĉu ni ne loĝas jam en domoj kun plastaj mebloj, plastaj fenestroj, plastaj tapetoj, plasta manĝilaro?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015, Sten Johansson, Skabio (Serio originala literaturo), New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 10:
      Oni donis al li plastan tason da akvo, sed li jam delonge eltrinkis tiun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017 June, Mikaelo Bronŝtejn, “Grenado”, in Probal Daŝgupto, István Ertl, Jesper Lykke Jacobsen, Suso Moinhos, editors, Beletra Almanako, year II, number 29, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 9:
      Peĉjo kaj Ninjo, la plej junaj klubanoj, alportis el la kuirĉambro bolantan samovaron, teujon kun freŝa infuzaĵo kaj kuketojn, dismetitajn en du plastajn telerojn.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Plaste, East German variant of Plastik, from English plastic, from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós, suitable for molding).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plasta f

  1. plastic

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “plasta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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plasta (Cyrillic spelling пласта)

  1. genitive singular of plast

Spanish

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Etymology

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From plaste, from Ancient Greek πλαστή (plastḗ), from πλαστός (plastós, artificial; false, fictitious); from the same source as πλᾰστῐκός (plastikós), whence English plastic. Compare English plastid.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplasta/ [ˈplas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: plas‧ta

Noun

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plasta f (plural plastas)

  1. lump, soft mass of matter (usually soft, thick and sticky)
    • 2022, Lisandro N. C. Urquiza, Tomás y Mateo. Una nueva vida:
      una plasta de dulce de leche a las gafas. Y otra del talón.
      A lump of dulce de leche on his glasses. Another on his heel.
  2. flattened object
  3. plasticine, modelling clay
  4. (colloquial) piece of shit; turd (something of low quality)
  5. (colloquial) annoying or stupid person
    • 1986, José Luis Olaizola, Senén:
      Sobre todo los directivos del club que me visitaban –¡menuda plasta!–, me golpeaban un hombro y me decían: –No te preocupes, que al golf puedes jugar.
      All the directors of the club that visited, those slimeballs,patted me on the shoulder and told me "Don't worry, you can always play golf".
    • 2019, Juan Francisco Polo, Unas cuantas calles:
      —¡Qué plasta eres, tío! Si has echado toda la mascá fuera, me has dejado a dos velas.
      You're such a dumb-ass, dude! You spilled all the baccy out, left me with fuck all!
  6. (colloquial) bore, dullard
    ¡Menuda plasta es la fiesta!
    This party is such a snoozefest!

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Further reading

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English plaster.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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plasta class IX (plural plasta class X)

  1. plaster
  2. sticking plaster

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English plaster.

Noun

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plasta

  1. plaster
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